Executive Overreach
Choose Your own Adventure
Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of our 50501 CO newsletter!
In this newsletter, we’re changing things up with a choose your own adventure-style story of executive overreach. In addition, you’ll find information on upcoming activities from the 50501 calendar, actions you can take outside of protesting, and also find out about additional ways to connect with us.
See you on the streets! ✊✊✊
Actions and Activities
(The below list contains details on all actions this week and next week which have been submitted to our 50501 CO calendar; click the link above for more details and the full calendar)
Virtual
2/17: All day - National Day of Lobbying for Impeachment
2/17: All day - Cancel Key Lime Air!
Virtual (all day call and email event)
2/18: 6:00 - 7:30pm - After We March, We Organize!
VIRTUAL - SIGN UP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/871643/
2/25: 6:00 - 7:30pm - After We March, We Organize!
VIRTUAL - SIGN UP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/871643/
Washington, DC
2/28: 9:30am - March 4 Democracy
Join the mobilization and sign up for updates at
Arvada
2/15: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)
2/17: 4:00 - 5:00pm - Ralston Resistance - ICE Out for Good
Intersection of Wadsworth Bypass and Ralston Road
2/22: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)
2/24: 4:00 - 5:00pm - Ralston Resistance - ICE Out for Good
Intersection of Wadsworth Bypass and Ralston Road
Aurora
2/21: 12:00 - 1:30pm - Weekly - Every Corner Action Protest
NE Corner of Parker & Havana
2/28: 12:00 - 1:30pm - Weekly - Every Corner Action Protest
NE Corner of Parker & Havana
Boulder
2/16: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
Highway 36 & 88th
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
2/19: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Visibility Brigade - Overpass Protest
Foothills Pkwy & Sioux Pedestrian Overpass (Parking on Sioux Ave off of Thunderbird Dr.)
2/23: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
Highway 36 & 88th
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
2/26: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Visibility Brigade - Overpass Protest
Foothills Pkwy & Sioux Pedestrian Overpass (Parking on Sioux Ave off of Thunderbird Dr.)
2/28: 2:00 - 3:30pm - BI - Drop Your ICE Contracts
6265 Gunbarrel Avenue, Suites A & B, Boulder, CO 80301
Broomfield
2/15: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
Northwest Corner
West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
Broomfield, CO 80020
2/22: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
Northwest Corner
West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
Broomfield, CO 80020
Colorado Springs
2/18: 3:30 - 5:30pm - Bridge Brigade
Monument Valley Pedestrian Bridge (between Uintah and Bijou)
2/25: 3:30 - 5:30pm - Bridge Brigade
Monument Valley Pedestrian Bridge (between Uintah and Bijou)
Denver
2/21: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Rally to protest peacefully against ICE Brutality in America
King Soopers corner
3100 S Sheridan Blvd
Denver, CO 80227
2/21: 4:30 - 6:30pm - Last Call Dance Party - ICE Out and Release the Files
Colorado State Capitol, West Steps
300 E Colfax Avenue, Denver
2/28: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Rally to protest peacefully against ICE Brutality in America
King Soopers corner
3100 S Sheridan Blvd
Denver, CO 80227
2/28: 1:00 - 3:30pm - Release ALL the Files and ICE Out!
Highlands Bridge
GPS 1596 - Central St. Denver
(Spillover to 15th St overpass)
2/28: 5:30 - 8:00pm - Care Not Cages: Art Exhibition and Auction
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
2201 Dexter St., Denver 80207
Fort Collins
2/17: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
Corner of College & Drake
2/19: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
Corner of College & Drake
2/24: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
Corner of College & Drake
2/26: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
Corner of College & Drake
Golden
2/19: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For Weekly Protest
Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO
2/26: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For Weekly Protest
Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO
Littleton
2/17: 11:30am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny (Tesla Takedown)
All 4 corners of Littleton and Broadway
5700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121
2/17: 3:00 - 4:30pm - WE THE PEOPLE
South Broadway & Littleton Blvd
2/21: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny
5700 S Broadway
Littleton, CO 80121
2/24: 11:30am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny (Tesla Takedown)
All 4 corners of Littleton and Broadway
5700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121
2/24: 3:00 - 4:30pm - WE THE PEOPLE
South Broadway & Littleton Blvd
2/28: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny
5700 S Broadway
Littleton, CO 80121
Lone Tree
2/15: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now - “Good” Trouble
Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
8660 S Quebec St
Lone Tree, CO 80124
2/22: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now - “Good” Trouble
Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
8660 S Quebec St
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Longmont
2/21: 1:00pm - Vigil and Protest
6th and Main St.
2/28: 1:00pm - Vigil and Protest
6th and Main St.
Louisville
2/16: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
(Hwy 36 & 88th)
88th St Overpass on Hwy 36
2200 S 88th St
Louisville, CO 80027
2/23: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
(Hwy 36 & 88th)
88th St Overpass on Hwy 36
2200 S 88th St
Louisville, CO 80027
Loveland
2/21: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
1440 N Lincoln Ave
2/28: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
1440 N Lincoln Ave
Lyons
2/21: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Lyons Neighbors for Democracy
Lyons Freedom Triangle
2/28: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Lyons Neighbors for Democracy
Lyons Freedom Triangle
Northglenn
2/18: 3:00 - 4:30pm - Gabe Evans Pedestrian Bridge Protest
I-25 Pedestrian Bridge
281 W 104th Ave
Northglenn, CO 80234
Map of where we will protest (the pedestrian bridge over I-25 near Cinzetti’s): https://maps.app.goo.gl/cPPfGKSBYpWKwfYG8
2/20: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
Northglenn District Office
10701 Melody Dr
Northglenn, CO 80234
2/25: 3:00 - 4:30pm - Gabe Evans Pedestrian Bridge Protest
I-25 Pedestrian Bridge
281 W 104th Ave
Northglenn, CO 80234
Map of where we will protest (the pedestrian bridge over I-25 near Cinzetti’s): https://maps.app.goo.gl/cPPfGKSBYpWKwfYG8
2/27: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
Northglenn District Office
10701 Melody Dr
Northglenn, CO 80234
Pagosa Springs
2/21: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library
2/28: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library
Parker
2/22: 1:00 - 2:30pm - Speak Now Rally Now - Make it Stop
Parker Rd & Lincoln Ave
19240 E Lincoln Ave Suite 140
Parker, CO 80138
Pueblo
2/21: 11:00am - 12:30pm - DEFUND ICE
Corner of Abriendo & 4th st (walgreens)
2/28: 11:00am - 12:30pm - DEFUND ICE
Corner of Abriendo & 4th st (walgreens)
Superior
2/21: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
2 S Marshall Rd
Superior, CO 80027
2/28: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
2 S Marshall Rd
Superior, CO 80027
Thornton
2/27: 3:15 - 5:15pm - FOURTH-FRIDAY FIGHT BACKS
Colorado Boulevard & East 112th Avenue
Thornton, CO 80233
Walsenburg
2/20: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Weekly Protest
401 Main Street
2/27: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Weekly Protest
401 Main Street
Executive Overreach: Choose Your own Adventure
Page 1
A large federal operation rolls into a city like it’s arriving to “restore order.” Local officials object. People gather. Some are protesting. Some are watching. Some are filming. Some are just trying to get home without getting caught in the middle of somebody else’s theater.
A spokesperson assures everyone this is routine and under control.
You recognize this line. It’s the one said right before things get weird.
If you want to treat this like normal politics and keep scrolling, turn to Page 6.
If you want to show up because you’re angry and you want them to feel it, turn to Page 12.
If you want to show up like you’re part of a crew, turn to Page 18.
Page 6
You stay home. You tell yourself you’ll catch up later, when it’s clearer what’s happening.
“Later” arrives as a video clip with no context and a headline that starts with the word CLASHES.
Your group chat becomes a mix of despair, arguing, and “I don’t even know what’s true anymore.”
Congratulations: you have reached Fog Mode.
Fog Mode is where overreach gets upgraded while everyone’s debating the footage.
THE END (for today). Turn back to Page 1 and pick a move that creates less fog.
Page 12
You show up mad. You’re not wrong to be mad. You’re human.
The crowd is loud. The line is tense. Someone shouts something that feels like a dare. Someone else tries to be the main character. Somebody throws something dumb. Somebody shoves. Somebody steps forward when they should step back.
A camera finds the worst ten seconds of the entire night. It always does.
If you want to keep pushing, turn to Page 26.
If you want to pull your people back and leave, turn to Page 30.
Page 18
You show up like you’re part of a crew.
You came with someone. You set a meet-up spot. You’re hydrated like an adult. You know where the exits are. You’re paying attention to what’s happening around you, not just what you wish was happening.
You’re not there to “win.” You’re there to deny the script.
You notice three types of people:
Folks who are sincerely angry and scared.
Folks who are trying to keep things calm.
Folks who really, really want a fire.
You decide, very deliberately, not to help category three.
If you want to stay and document, turn to Page 22.
If you want to leave early and help from outside the scene, turn to Page 24.
Page 22
You document. Calmly. Boringly. Like a nerd with a tricorder.
You film what happens before the incident, which is the part that always disappears.
You keep your distance. You don’t narrate like you’re auditioning for cable news. You capture faces of authority, badge numbers if visible, and the moment the rules change.
Later, when the official story arrives pre-polished, you already know which parts don’t match.
You have unlocked: Receipts.
THE END (for now). Turn to Page 36.
Page 24
You leave early. Not because you’re scared. Because you understand timing.
You donate to bail funds. You call local officials. You help organize rides. You text friends who are there and say the unglamorous thing: “If it shifts, don’t stay to prove a point.”
You have unlocked: Support Roles That Don’t Become Footage.
THE END (for now). Turn to Page 36.
Page 26
The crowd surges. The line answers. Somebody gets hurt. Somebody gets arrested. Somebody panics.
The story is no longer about why people are there.
It becomes about control. It becomes about restoring order. It becomes about how “these people” can’t be trusted with public space.
You can practically hear a lawyer somewhere flipping to the chapter titled EXTRAORDINARY AUTHORITIES.
You have unlocked: The Pretext.
THE END. Turn to Page 36 if you want to keep the country out of this ending.
Page 30
You pull back. You leave. You do the thing nobody wants to do in the moment because it feels like surrender.
It isn’t surrender. It’s refusing to be used.
You deny them the “violent mob” frame. You deny them the clean clip. You deny them the excuse.
You have unlocked: Discipline.
THE END (for now). Turn to Page 36.
Page 36
Here’s the twist ending: this isn’t a book.
You don’t control the whole plot. You can’t stop power from trying to escalate. You can’t prevent every provocateur, every hothead, every bad decision.
But you can control whether you become the moment they point at when they say, “See? We had no choice.”
So here’s the actual “cheat code” list. Not inspirational. Not poetic. Just useful:
Don’t go alone. The lone-wolf hero fantasy is how people get isolated and harmed.
Have an exit plan. Pride is not a strategy. Leaving is not losing.
Make it boring. Boring is kryptonite to the crackdown narrative.
Document the boring parts. The “before” matters more than the “clash.”
Build consequence outside the street. Officials, courts, local media, mutual aid, legal defense.
If the administration wants a situation they can rename “insurrection,” your job is to refuse the rename.
Don’t become the incident.
Non-Protest Actions Bingo
The below bingo card contains a list of actions you can take (other than protesting) to help further the cause. If you get a bingo, tag us on social media to let us know!
1. Despite the fact that Home Depot has become a target for ICE raids, the company has remained silent. Visit the homepage for this boycott for more details and a full toolkit of actions you can take to help protest Home Depot’s inaction.
2. The list of CO events sponsored by Indivisible is available here
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